Elk Mound golf falters slightly at Durand

By Cara L. Dempski

Elk Mound’s golf team may have found it a little tough to hit the links after an eight-day break, but still managed to take fourth in its most recent round.

A long break can be devastating to any team, but Elk Mound’s golf team seemed to recover nicely on a tough course when it went to Durand’s Rolling Hills May 2. The Mounders scored a 201 at Durand’s Rolling Greens to edge out Glenwood City and Colfax. 

The long break, mostly due to cold, damp weather, may have provided more than a few kinks in Elk Mound’s game to start, but coach Brandon Powell said everything was working smoothly by the middle of the round.

The team may have only taken fourth place and scored 201, but head coach Brandon Powell seemed pleased in his players.

“Golf is one of those sports that you have to do every day to stay in rhythm,” he noted. “Most of the kids expressed to me it took a few holes to get the kinks out, but golfed pretty solid the final half of the round.”

Powell also said the team is looking forward to some sunshine and warmer weather to get back to regular practices.

Jameson Rubenzer and Dillon McLaughlin led the Elk Mound effort with 47 strokes each to tie for 10th place as individuals. The duo both broke even on the par-four eighth. Nathaniel Schrieber scored 52 over nine holes, with his best performance being a bogey on the par-three seventh.

Maxwell Marquardt scored 55, with his best holes being bogies on the first and seventh. Colton Ward rounded out the team with a 57 after scoring 4 on the par-four third hole.

Spring Valley’s Tyler Leach won medalist honors with low score of 34 to lead the Cardinals to the team victory over host Durand by 11 strokes – 173 to 184.

Elk Mound also competed in Spring Valley last Thursday, May 4 but no results were received prior to Monday’s press deadline.

The Mounders were scheduled for a May 8 trip to Mondovi before taking another eight-day break. The Hilltoppers’ will host the conference tournament on their home course, Glen Hills, next Tuesday, May 16.

TEAM RESULTS: 1. Spring Valley 173, 2. Durand 184, 3. Mondovi 191, 4. Elk Mound 201, 5. Glenwood City 219, 6. Colfax 246.